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Assessments That Actually Measure Thinking
Curriculum
6 Sections
18 Lessons
6 Weeks
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Section 1 — The Assessment Honesty Problem
4
1.1
What Your Tests Are Actually Measuring (It’s Probably Not What You Think)
1.2
The Cognitive Demand Audit: Rating Your Own Assessments Honestly
1.3
The Recall Trap: Why Definitions and Dates Feel Rigorous but Aren’t
1.4
Assessments That Actually Measure Thinking — The Assessment Honesty Problem Quiz
28 Questions
Section 2 — Scenario-Based Item Design
4
2.1
Anatomy of a Thinking Question: What Makes It Work
30
2.2
Building Scenarios That Require Judgment
30
2.3
Beyond MCQ: Matching, Sequencing, and Multi-Part Items
30
2.4
Assessments That Actually Measure Thinking — Scenario-Based Item Design Quiz
28 Questions
Section 3 — The Art of the Distractor
4
3.1
Distractors That Diagnose vs. Distractors That Trick
30
3.2
Mining Misconceptions: Where Good Distractors Come From
30
3.3
Detecting Ambiguity: Would a Panel of Experts Agree on Your Answer?
30
3.4
Assessments That Actually Measure Thinking — The Art of the Distractor Quiz
28 Questions
Section 4 — Self-Grading Assessments That Maintain Rigor
4
4.1
The Auto-Grade Constraint: What You Can and Can’t Measure Without a Human
30
4.2
Design Patterns for Rigorous Machine-Scored Items
30
4.3
When Technology Enables Cheating: Designing Cheat-Resistant Auto-Graded Items
30
4.4
Assessments That Actually Measure Thinking — Self-Grading Assessments That Maintain Rigor Quiz
28 Questions
Section 5 — Assessment Bias and Alignment
4
5.1
When Your Question Tests Background Knowledge, Not Understanding
30
5.2
Alignment Audits: Does Your Assessment Match Your Instruction?
30
5.3
Cultural and Linguistic Bias in Assessment Items
30
5.4
Assessments That Actually Measure Thinking — Assessment Bias and Alignment Quiz
28 Questions
Section 6 — Using Assessment Results to Actually Learn Something
5
6.1
Reading Results Diagnostically: Patterns in Wrong Answers
30
6.2
Item Analysis for the Non-Statistician
30
6.3
The Feedback Loop: How Assessment Should Drive Instruction (Not Just Report Cards)
30
6.4
Assessments That Actually Measure Thinking — Using Assessment Results to Actually Learn Something Quiz
28 Questions
6.5
Assessments That Actually Measure Thinking — Final Exam
60 Questions
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